Vietnam-Spain trade records impressive growth
Vietnam - Spain trade in goods surmounted a record amount of 2.16 billion EUR last year, with rises in exports from both sides.
Preliminary statistics released by Spanish Customs showed that the figure represents a year-on-year increase of 6.48%. Vietnam shipped goods valued at over 1.9 billion EUR to the southern European nation, up 4.9%, while importing more than 245 million EUR, a rise of 20.3%.
Its exports were largely mobile phones and their accessories, garments, footwear, spare parts, coffee, and mechanical equipment, while imports were organic chemicals, seafood, tanned leather, plastics, dyes and pharmaceuticals.
Two-way trade hit 1 billion EUR for the first time in 2008 and US$2 billion in 2012. In recent years Vietnam has consistently enjoyed high trade surplus.